Have you heard of Rett Syndrome . I hadnt until my niece courtney was diagnosed. Rett syndrome is a neurological disorder which occurs mostly in girls. It is often misdiagnosed as autism or cerebral palsy. Rett syndrome strikes without warning. A girl with Rett Syndrome starts out as a happy, healthy baby until 6 18 months of age. Then something goes terribly wrong. She loses the ability to speak, use her hands to play with toys or even feed herself. She may also lose the ability to walk. A girl with Rett Syndrome makes constant handwashing or handwringing movements. By the time she is 3 years old, a girl with Rett Syndrome is severely handicapped. The international Rett Syndrome Foundation Hopes to find the families affected by this devastating disorder and provide care and research that will make a difference. Research is urgently needed to accelerate treatments and find a cure. Please call 18008187388 or visit rettsyndrome. Org today. Your help is our hope. Have you heard of Rett Sy
It is friday night, and a big story on action news tonight is a slow move away from days of dreary and rainy weather, it is not happening, without a last shot from Mother Nature. We are ending up, with over an inch of rain, in the philadelphia area, but there is hope, for a much nicer day for mothers day on sunday. Lets get right to meteorologist cecily tynan at the big board, cecily. Jim, it business time. What a flip flop over the past 20 days, first ten days of that period starting april 17th we have had mega block and we were trapped under high pressure. That meant it was warm, temperatures, more than 6 degrees above average and it was dry, only about a third of an inch of rain the flip side, past ten days, temperatures averaging more than 6 degrees below average and we had more rain the past ten days then we have had the entire month of april, more than 2 inches and it is still raining in parts of our region. Double scan live is showing you look at this spin, low pressure is sitti
Thomas. Wendy and im wendy griffith. Such a sad story to report. The Church Attack that killed 85 christians in pakistan is the deadliest ever there. George and now pakistans christians are demanding greater security from the government and the arrests of those behind it. Heather cells reports. Reporter angry Pakistani Christians deemed the attention of their government. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in karachi chanting stop killing christians. Officials say more than 80 people were killed in sundays bombings. Over 140 were wounded. I fell down and my daughter, who was in my lap, died in front of me. Reporter the attack happened as the Church Service was letting out. A pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up as hundreds of worshippers were coming out of an Historic Church in peshawar to get a free meal. A spokesman for a wing of the taliban immediately claimed responsibility. The bombings raise new questions about the pakistani governments push for a peace deal with the terrori
From syrias christians. They warn that christianity could become nonexistent in syria if militant islamists sees control of the country. Gary lane spoke with a u. S. Missionary fresh from meetings with Syrian Church leaders in the region. Reporter joining us from voice of the martyrs is todd. He is back from the middle east. You met with some syrian pastors, and what did they tell you. There is sort of good news and bad news. The good news is the church is growing, and the strength of our Christian Brothers and sisters is being strenthened. But the bad news there is persecution. It is coming with a cost. There are kidnappings, people being taken for ransom and people being killed. But at the same time, the church is growing. Reporter as you were there, there was an attack on maloulaa where they speak the language of jesus. They still do that. Was there concern . There was great concern. And one of the things they pointed out to us is there is not a government presence there, there is n
Have you heard of Rett Syndrome . I hadnt until my niece courtney was diagnosed. Rett syndrome is a neurological disorder which occurs mostly in girls. It is often misdiagnosed as autism or cerebral palsy. Rett syndrome strikes without warning. A girl with Rett Syndrome starts out as a happy, healthy baby until 6 18 months of age. Then something goes terribly wrong. She loses the ability to speak, use her hands to play with toys or even feed herself. She may also lose the ability to walk. A girl with Rett Syndrome makes constant handwashing or handwringing movements. By the time she is 3 years old, a girl with Rett Syndrome is severely handicapped. The international Rett Syndrome Foundation Hopes to find the families affected by this devastating disorder and provide care and research that will make a difference. Research is urgently needed to accelerate treatments and find a cure. Please call 18008187388 or visit rettsyndrome. Org today. Your help is our hope